In June last year, a group of travellers set up there only a few days after another group had been moved on from the park.

A group pitched up at the lower end of the park in October 2016, near to the Royal Victoria Hospital.

The rules surrounding the eviction of travellers from council land means officers must first do welfare checks before issuing a time limit for when to leave.

If travellers still ignore the verbal orders by the time specified, magistrates can give an official court order to apply for a warrant and book a bailiff.

Traveller encampments on private land is the responsibility of the landowner who has the right to take the matter to court to get a court ordered eviction.

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